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History of the Foundation of the Italian Society of Protozoology
During
the 2nd International Congress of Protozoology (London, July
29th – August 5th, 1965), Prof. Pierre de
Puytorac suggested establishing an International Organization of
Protozoology
(Attached
1). Afterwards, it was agreed to create an ‘International
Commission of Protozoology’ (ICP) (Attached
2) with the aim of organizing
International Conferences and collaborating with the Organizing
Committees of single groups or National Societies. Prof. Tina Franceschi
was aware of the great opportunity for Italian protozoologists to be
included in this international community, and focused the attention of
Prof. Renzo Nobili on forming a National Group of Protozoology. Thus, a
first group was constituted with Professors Elsa Bottazzi Massera and
Bruno Schreiber
(Attached
3). This
proposal was presented to the assembly of the members of the Unione
Zoologica Italiana, during their 34th Congress in Pallanza,
September 27th – October 2nd, 1965. The National
Group of Protozoology was so established with 20 members
(Attached
4), and a
Provisional Commission was formed of Professors Marisa Cigada,
Alessandro Filipponi, Tina Franceschi, as secretary, Renzo Nobili,
Silvio Ranzi, Bruno Schreiber, and Giorgio Schreiber. On October 30th
1965, at the Institute of Zoology of the University of Milan, the
Italian Society of Protozoology (SIP) was officially constituted with a
Management Committee consisting of Giuseppe Scortecci (President), Renzo
Nobili (Vice-President), and Tina Franceschi (Secretary)
(Attached
5). The Secretary
also represented the SIP abroad and attended the meetings of the ICP, as
the Italian delegate. The
scientific activity of this newly-born Society officially began with a
Congress held in Genoa in 1967. One year later, the Congress of the SIP
was linked to that of the Italian Society of Parasitology in Trieste.
Further informal scientific meetings of the SIP were held in Genoa
(1972), in Pisa (1975), in Camerino (1976), and in Ferrara (1977).
Formal scientific meetings took place from 1978, and annually from 1982.
The Italian Society of Protozoology affiliated with the Society of Protozoologists in 1983: a significant step in the history of the SIP. As a Section of the Society of Protozoologists, the abstracts of the contributions presented at the annual Congresses of the SIP are published in The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, formerly The Journal of Protozoology. M.G.
Chessa, M.U. Corrado, F. Dini, F. Trielli
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